Machine for simultaneously crimping a plurality of bottles.



G. W. BBADLE. MACHINE POR SIMULTANBOUSLY CRIMPING A PLURALITY OF BOTTLES.

' APPLICATION FILED NOV. 7, 1912.

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G. W. BEADLE.

MACHINE FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY GRIMPING A PLURALITY 0F BOTTLES.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 7, 1912. l, I 25,040. Patented Jan. 19, 1915.

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APPLICATION FILED NOV. 7, 1912.

Patented Jan. 19. 1915.

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OF BAYONNE, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR T0 SINGLE SERVICE PACK- .AGE CORPORATION 0F AMERICA, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION 0F NEW MACIIINE FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY CRIMPING A PLURAIJITY OF BOTTLES.

Application filed November 7, 1912.

To all whom it may concern Be it 'known that I, GEORGEW. BEADLE, a citizen of the United States; residing at Bayonne, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inifMachines for Simultaneously Crimping a Plurality of Bottles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to an apparatus for crimping over the ed es of paper bottles after they have been lled, and has for its object to produce a machine of this kind which will operate upon a plurality of bottles simultaneously, and also to produce a machine which will be simple in construction, certain in action, and comparatively inexpensive to manufacture.

With these and other objects in View, the invention consists in the novel details of construction and combinations of parts more fully hereinafter disclosed and particularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the accompanying'drawings forming a part of this specification, in which like numerals designate like parts in all the views: Figure l is an"v end elevational view ot a machine built in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2 is a plan View oi a -tray suitable for holding the bottles to be operated upon; Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1, but showing the bottles in a position read)7 to be moved upwardly into contact with the crimping tools;'Fig. 4 is a top pla-n view of the machine; and, Fig. 5 is a side elevational view of the said machine.

1 illustrates any suitable'bed on which the support 2 is mounted, 3 a pair of bracktray or support for the bottles 5 to be crimped. The support 2 has over-hanging members 6 in which are journaled the shafts 7 and 8 provided vwith the beveled gears 9 and 10, meshin with the beveled gears 11 and 12 respectively, carried upon the vertical stud shafts 13.

The shaft7 is provided with the gear 14 at one end, and a so with the fast and loose pulleys 15 and 16 respectively. The geni' 14 meshes with the idler 17 which meshes with the gear 18 on the end of the shaft 8, and

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power is therefore transmitted from the belt 19 through the pulley 15 to the shaft 7 and through the gears 14,17 and 18 to the shaft v 8. The rotation of the shaft 7 and 8 through the gears 10 and 12 turns the stud shafts 13, which likewise turnthe crimping tools 20. 4

The stud shafts 13 are conveniently supported in brackets 21 and 22. The brackets 21 are conveniently supported upon the cross piece 23 secured between the extensions 6 of the support l2, and the brackets 22 are conveniently supported upon a similar cross piece 24 likewise secured between the extensions 6, as will be clear from the drawings. Extending from tlie over-hangplate 27 provided with iiared openings 28 for the accommodation of the extreme ends 29 of the bottles 5. rlhis said bed plate may be conveniently secured atxits other edge as Y,at 30, to the support 2.

The brackets 3 are provided with sliding members 35 fitting in suitable Ways 36 on the support 2, and the members v35 are pro y vided with vertical racks 37 engaging gears on a shaft 39, provided with a handle or other power applying device 40, as will be clear from the drawings. The ends of the shaft 39 are journaled to the support 2 as atr41; and it is evident that as the handle 40 is turned, the brackets 3,- together with the bottle tray 4, will be elevated and lowered.

In order that the bottles and tray may be automatically stopped at the proper point, one of the racks 37 is provided with the pin 43 taking against an adjustable stop 44,

with the crimping tools 20, and the rotation of the said tools neatly erimps in or turns over the said upper edges 29, as best illustinted in Fig. 5.

Animportant feature of my invention resides in the roughened bottoms 48 of the ing members 2G of the extensions 6, is a bed trays 4, on which the paper bottles 5 rest. That is to say, as is well known, these paper bottles are provided with a paraiin coating in order to make them liquid tight, and if they are held by clamps during the crimping operation, the clamps must either be so tight as to compress the flexible sides, and thereupon cause the contained liquid to displace the closing disks 50, or else the clamps will be so loose as to permit the bottles to turn in the clamps, under the crimping operation, and this turning will cause the paraffin coating to be scraped od, which will later permit water to enter the paper material of the walls, and to collapse the package. By providing the roughened surface 48 onthe tray 4, however, the thickened edges of the bottles are penetrated to a slight degree by the rou hened surfaces, without injuring the para n coating at all, and the friction thus engendered is found to be amply sufficient to crimp over the edges of the bottles in an efcient manner. without these roughened surfaces, i't would be a very difficult, if not an impossible, problem to satisfactorily crimp bottles of this nature in a machine of this kind. After the bottles have been crimped,-the catch 51 is withdrawn :from the trays 4, the said trays are removed vfrom the machine, and the bottles-stored in boxes ready for shipping.

lt is obvious that those skilled in the art may vary the details of construction, as well as the arrangement of parts without departing from the spirit of my invention, and therefore l do not wish to be limited to the above disclosure except as may be required by the claims.

1. In a machine for simultaneously crimping thel edges of a plurality, of paper bottles, the combination of a removable tray provided with a roughened bottom for holding said bottles against turning during the crimping operation, a plurality of crimping v tools; gearsfor rotating said tools; a sup-` port for said tray; and a rack provided with tools; gears for rotating ln fact,

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a stop for raising and lowering said support, substantially as described.

2. In a machine for simultaneously crimping the edges of a plurality of paper bottles, the combination of a removable tray provided with a roughened bottom for holding said bottles against turning during the crimping operation; a plurality of crimping tools; a plate provided with beveled openings for guiding said bottles to said tools; gears for rotating said tools; a support for said tray; and a rack provided with a stop for raising and lowering said support, substantially as described.

3. ln a machine for simultaneously crimping the edges of a plurality of paper bottles, the combination of a removable tray provided with a roughened bottom for holding said bottles against turning during the crimping operation; a plurality of crimping said tools; a support for said tray; a rack provided with a stop for raising and lowering said support; andan adjustable member to coact with said stop and thereby facilitate the handling of bottles of different heights, substantially as described. y

4. ln a machine for crimping the edges of a plurality of paper bottles in a single operation, the combination of a tray provided with a roughened bottom on which said bottles rest; means for raising and lowering said tray; adjustable means for automatically lstopping said tray in its downward and thereby facilitating the handling of bottles of different heights; a plurality of crimping tools; means to guide said bottles to said tools; and means comprising a shaft and a plurality of gears to simultaneously rotateV said tools, substantially as described.

ln testimony whereof, I ture, in presence of two witnesses.

GEURGE W. BEADLE.

Witnesses:

` J. lil. GEWEGK,

HOWARD G. TURNER.

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